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METAL CAB.

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METAL CAB.

FILED MAR. 26.1921. 9 SHEETS-SHEET Jan. 9, 1923. 4' 1,441,299.

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METAL CAB.

FILED MAR.26. 1921.

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Patented Earn. 2, 1923.

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JOSEPH O. RICHARD AND AUGUSTUS W. DICKERSON, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNORS TO HAYES MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICH- IGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

METAI. CAB.

Application filed March 26, 1921. Serial No. 455,781.

To 'all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH O. RICHARD and AUGUSTUS W. DICKE'RSON, citizens of the United States, residing at Detroit, in

the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metal Cabs,.of which the following is a specificatiom This invention relates to a knock-down cab construction and has for its object a cab largely of metal construction which can be shipped knocked down, bolted together and then mounted on a truck chassis. the objects of the invention is to provide a closed cab which can be sold separate from the truck chassis, to be installed on a truck chassis not supplied with a closed cab.

The primary purpose of the construction is to provide a simplified construction having a great many parts that are standardized. This economizes in the construction by eliminating the necessity of extra dies, operations, etc. The cab may be constructed at a low enough figure to make the same attractive to purchasers and give it a market that would otherwise not be open to'closed cab construction. These and other objects will be explained more in detail in the detailed explanation of parts.

In the drawings,-

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a truck equipped with the improved cab.

ig. 2 is a front elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. -5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 15.

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 Fig. '4. Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 4 with the side door slid back to the open position.

is a section on the line 8-8 of v .ig. 9 is a fragmentary section on the line 9-9 of Fig. 8.

is a section on the line 12-12 of Fig. 151

One of 'inodified form of roof construction.

the front sill plate (Z.

Fig. 13 is a section on the line 13-13 of Fig. 4.

Fig.14 is a section on the line 14-14 of Fig. 1 and really a plan View of the interior construction.

Fig. 15 is aside elevation of one of the side or door panels.

Fig. 16 is an edge view of the same.

Fig. 17 is a fragmentary vertical section of the window sash used in the said panels.

Fig. 18 is a small plan View of the cab and the truck.

Fig. 19 is a fragmentary section of a Fig. 20 is a perspective of the side sill.

Fig..21 is a plan view of the same.

- Fig. 22 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 23 is a section on the line 23-23 of Fig. 21.

a designates the two side frame bars or channel bars of the chassis frame, on which is mounted the cab. Ordinarily it will be advisable to employ angle iron brackets b which can be bolted to the side of the channel, as shown in Fig. 6, and to these brackets can be bolted the side sills of the cab.;These side sills are of novel construction and are shown plainly in Figs. 20 to 23 inclusive.

The sill comprises an outside side member 7 of this front sill plate is bent up to form the incline (2 The inside of this plate is provided with a floor board flange 03 The rear sill plate It has an outside edge portion 72. bent over to form with the flange d a sliding-door guide or track h -al The main body of the rear sill plate 72. is bent down to a lower level than the main body of This provides the rear flange if, an inside flange hf and a front flange 7L4, The rear flange k is bolted to the back as shown in Fig. 14; the inside flange k is bolted to the brace or tool box partition f, as shown in this figure and also ,in Fig. 4,.and the front flange 71; together with the turned-down rear flange d of the front'sill plate, is bolted to the heel plate 42,

I "as is shown in Fig. 4.- The front of the sill- .board of the seat and the seat-reinforcing brace. The heel board slides down in the slot between the front plate d and the rear sill plate It and is detachably bolted to the turned-down flange d and the turned=up flange b (Fig. 4).

By referring to Fig. 14 the upright Inembers that support the roof can be seen. The front or windshield posts comprise vertical channels 1', to which may be bolted the dashin which is a large flat stamping with ornamental panels Z stamped in. These posts are formed each of a channel skewed forward and outward from .the dash to interfere as little as possible with the line of vision of the driver. The rear posts are designated m and are simply part. of the side panel construotion shown in Figs. 15 and 16. The stationary side panel construction 45 and .the sliding doors 39 are precisely the same with the exception that the sliding doors have the track-engaging clips at riveted to the bottom. These panels and doors are made up of two stampings. an outer and inner one welded or riveted together where their edge portions overlap and are folded over as at 0. The outer panel is stamped to form a frame portion p, a window opening 1 and upper and lower sub-panels r and s.

lVindow postst of wood are inserted between the outer and inner panels in the frame portion 1;. The moldin strips 11, together with the turned-in e ges o of the outer panel, form a window guide for the sash an This sash is provided with a clip or hook g on its bottom (Fig. 17), which permits the sash to be set ox'er the fence .2 as shown 1n Fig. 3. This sash may slide up and down in the window well 1 (see Fig. '12).

The stationary side panels are detachably bolted to the in-turned flanges ofthe back plate 2 (Fig. 14). This back is made .up of five flanged stampings detachably bolted together. This will be apparent from comparing Figs. 3 and 4. The plates 3 and 4 at the right and left hand side of the window opening 5 have their inwardly-extended upper flanges bolted to the header strip 6 and have their inwardly-extended lower flanges bolted to the seat back strip 7. The latter is provided with a wide inwardly extending lower flange designated 8 which serves in part to hold the spring seat 9 in place. This flange 8 is also bolted to the lower rear panel 10. These five parts are all easily produced stampings which can be shipped flat and bolted together to form the complete back. By providing the lnwardlyextendin 'flanges not only are the plates detachab e from each other but this pro vides reinforcing ribs to hold the back rigid and avoid the large expanse of metal buckling. To further strengthen the back one of these flanges in each joint is turned over. This also acts as a seat for the other flange so the main surfaces of the plates will be caused to register. I

The upper flange of the rear header strip 6 is bolted to the roof 11. which is made up of two stampings lock-seamed together at 12 (Fig. Vhen an unusually wide cab is desired, two lock-seams 12 and 12 can be used, as shown in Fig. 19. The stampings that go to make up the roof are provided with side gutters 13 and a front gutter 14 and with the usual vizor 15. On the under side of the roof at the front (Fig. 4) is a channelled bracing member or front header 16. This is riveted to the roof (see Fig. 4) and also secured to the side posts at its ends by the bolts 17. This header detachably anchors the wooden center post 18 by means of a long bolt 19 (Fig. 11) that runs into the top of the post and is screwed into a nut 20 let into the post through the mortise 21. This post is ensheathed on three sides by the channelled stamping 22. The dash is turned in at the windshield opening to form a window sill 23 provlded with a weather-stop bead 24: (Fig. 10) which is adapted to engage with a rubber weatherstrip 25 on the bottom of the windshield panel 26. The angle iron reinforcing strip 27 is-riveted to the dash to reinforce the sill. If the dash is made of heavy metal this reinforcing strip may be omitted. The windshield panels are two in number and swing in the customary way on the hinges 27 secured to the center post and thefront posts. At the bottom of the'dash a reinforcing angle iron 29 (Fig. 4) can be secured to the dash and reach from chassis bar to chassis bar. The upturned flanges 30 of the box-like sill construction are bolted to the dash is, as shown in Fig. 4. This completes the description of the detachable floor construction, the back. the roof and the front.

To fill the sides. the side panels and door panels detailed in Figs. 5, 12, 15 and 16 are used. These panels are made in the way already described in detail and are interchangeable. The result is that considerable die cost is avoided over what would be necessary if separate constructions were used. Furthermore, it necesitates less of an inventory for replacements.-

Referring now to Fig. 14, it will be seen that the edge flange of the stationary panel is detachably bolted to the in-turned vertical flange of the back, as at 31. Referring to Fig. 7, it will be seen that there is riveted to the under side of the roof a stamping or Z bar 32. To the inside of this is secured the upper horizontal flange of the stationary panel by the cap screw 33 which screws into the threaded nut 33 welded to the bar. On top of the lower flange of this Z bar is riveted a track 34 with an up-turned tread 35 adapted to engage in the annular groove 36 in the roller 37 rotatably supported upon the hanger 38 which is bolted to the movable panel or door panel 39 by a long bolt 40.

Now referring to Fig. 6, it will be noticed that the bottomof the movable panel has the track-engaging devices orclips n that are adapted to engage the flanges ti -72 of the box-like side'sills. It will, therefore, be apparent that the rollers running upon the upper track and the track-engaging hooks n engaging with the lower track d .h that the door is free to slide from front to back on the outside of the stationary panel. This ing brace f and is provided at its top with an angle iron reinforcing strip designated 43. This also forms a retainer for the spring seat 9. The brackets or angle iron straps 44 serve to detachably anchor the ends of the heel plate to the stationary panel. As already explained, this heel board fits in between the front sill plate (1 and the rear sill plates and is bolted between the flanges (1* and h"; hence the heel board is rigidly anchored and at the same time the two sills are tied together at the middle of the cab.

The clips n are provided with bowed springs 112 which wipe the tracks. The tracks are provided with depressions 113 in which the bowed springs can drop to hold the sliding door in open orclosed position. No latch or door lock is needed. Further more, the bowed springs act as anti-rattlers to prevent the door jiggling on the track. The seat-back cushion 130 is nicely held in place by the wood screws 131 driven in from the seat-back strip 7. It will be understood that small lock washers are used with all these bolts throughout the cab but are notshown because they are so minute.

What we claim is:

1. In a cab, the combination of a roof. a back, a dash and windshield construction, and a pair of side panels interchangeable in constructing the cab, one stationary and secured to the roof and back and the other )air of interchan eable side )anels. one

slidable upon the other, which is stationarily secured to the rest of the cab construction.

3. In a cab. the combination of a roof, a track supported from said roof, a stationary panel supported at its top by the roof, a slidable panel provided with means adapted. to run on said track, a side sill provided with a turned-over portion having its depending portion forming atrack, the said stationary panel being secured at its bottom to said sill and the said slidable portion being provided with hooklike track-engaging members engaging the track formed by the said sill.

1. In a cab, a back formed of a plurality of panels or plates each having in-turned flanges and one of them having a relatively broad flange, said broad flange forming a spring seat support and said flanges secured together to form the back.

5. In a cab, the combination of a roof, a channelled header, a pair of front posts which the header connects at the top, a dash connecting the posts at the bottom, and a center post connecting the header and the dash to form two windshield openings, the said center post having a mortise in its side and a bolt let down through the lower flange of the channelled headerinto the end of the post and screwed into a nut let into the mortise of the post.

6. In a cab, the combination of a sheet metal back, a stationary side panel secured to the sheet metal back said sheet metal back provided with a turned-in flange aiding the support of the spring seat, and a heel board secured to the side panels and also connected with the sheet metal back, the said heel board provided with an angle strip at the top to form a seat for assisting and holding the spring seat.

7. In a cab, the combination of a sheet metal back construction, a .front construction, a roof detachably connecting the front and back constructions at the top, side sills detachably connecting the front and back constructions at the bottom and formed of box-like sheet metal, and a heel board of sheet metal anchored in the sills near the middle of the cab and cross-bracing the same.

8. In a cab, the combination of a sheet metal backflconstruction, a front construction, a roof detachably connecting the front and back constructions at the top. a pair of side sills of sheet metal detachably connecting the front and back at the bottom.

sheet metal side panels detachably secured to the roof, back and side sills, and a heel board detachably connected to the side panels and detachably anchored in the side sills to tie the same together near the center of the cab.

9. In a sheet metal sill construction, the combination of a folded strip of sheet metal forming a side member and a bottom, a front depending portion of the front sill platev a track for a sliding door.

10. In a cab, a sheet metal sill, comprising a folded strip of metal forming a bottom and a side member, a front sill plate having an inside flange to support'the floor boards and an outside flange to form part of a track, and arear sill plate having a turnedup rear flange which can be detachably secured to the back of the cab and having a turned-down outside flange which forms with the flange of the front sill plate a track for a sliding door.

11. In a cab, a sheet metal sill comprising a folded strip of metal forming a bottom and a side member, a front sill plate having its outside edge folded over the side member to form a portion of a sliding door track, a rear sill plate having at the rear and front flanges that may be respectively fastened to the back of the cab and to the heel plate and having a flange turned over the side member to form the remainder of the track for a sliding door.

12. In a cab, a sheet metal sill comprisin a strip of folded metal forming a bottom and a side member, a front sill plate having an outside flange folded over to form a portion of a track for a sliding door, a rear sill plate having flanges on three sides that may be respectively secured detachably to the back, a tool-box partition, and a heel plate, and having an outside flange folded over the side member of the folded metal strip to form the remainder of the track for the sliding door.

13. In a cab, a sheet metal sill comprising a strip of metal of Z cross section forming the bottom and the side of the sill, a front sill plate having its outside edge folded over the 2 member to form part ofa sliding door track, and a rear sill plate having its outside portion folded over the top of the Z member to complete the track for the sliding door and having its other edges turned up for detachably fastening to the adjoining members.

14:. In a cab, the combination of a sheet metal sill construction and a heel board, comprising a folded sheet metal member forming the bottom and outsideof the sill, 2.

front sill plate having a turned-over outer edge to form part of a sliding door track,

a rear sill plate supported at a lower level and the side of the sill, a forward sill plate having a turned-up flange at the front that can be detachably secured to the dash,'and a turned-over outer edge to form part of a sliding door track, and a rear sill plate supported on the Z cross section member at a lower level than the forward sill plate and having a turned-over outer edge to complete the sliding door track and having a turnedup forward flange for detachable connection with the heel plate and a turned-up back rear flange for detachable connection with 1 the back.

16. In a cab, a sheet metal sill comprising a folded longitudinally-extending strip forming the bottom and the side of the sill, a front sill plate having its outer edge folded over the said longitudinally-extending strip andv secured thereto, and a rear sill plate having its outer edge folded over the said longitudinally-extending strip and having flanges that may be detachably secured to adjoining parts.

17. In a cab, a sheet metal sill comprising a longitudinally-extending folded-over strip forming the bottom and the side of the sill, a forward sill plate having an outer edge secured to the longitudinally-extending folded member having a turned-up forward end that may be detachably secured to the dash, and a rear sill plate having an outer edge adapted to engage the longitudinallyextending folded strip and provided with a flange that may be detachably secured to the back of the cab.

18. In a cab, a sheet metal side sill comprising a folded longitudinally-extending sheet metal strip forming the side and bottom, a forward sill plate secured to the longitudinally-extendin member and provided with a flange that may be detachably secured to the dash and a rear flange, and a rear sill plate having an outer edge portion engaging the longitudinallv-extending member and having a forward flange opposingthe rear flange of the forward sill plate and a rear flange that may detachably engage the back, said two opposed flanges adapted to serve as an anchor for the heel board of the cab,

19. In a cab, a sheet metal sill comprising a folded strip of longitudinally-extending sheet'metal of 2 cross section forming the bottom and the side of the sill, a front sill plate secured to the top of the Z-member and having a forward flange that may be detachably secured to the dash and having a turned-down inner flange that may support the floor boards, and a rear sill plate engaging the top of the Z member and having one or more flanges for attachment to adjacent members of the cab. I

20. In a metal cab, the combination of a folded strip of longitudinally-extending sheet metal forming the bottom and the side of the sill, a forward sill platesecured to the longitudinally-extending strip, a rear sill plate secured to the longitudinally-extending strip but having its main body sup? ported at a lower leVel,-and a side panel having a depending flange which can be seated on the inside of the folded longitudinally-extending sheet metal strip by reason 0f the rear sill plate being supported at a lower level. a

21. In a cab, the combination of aside sill including a folded longitudinally-extending sheet metal strip forming the bottom and the side of the sill, a forward sill plate secured to the top of the folded strip, a rear sill plate secured to the top of the folded strip but having its main body supported on the folded longitudinally-extending strip at a lower level and provided with turned-up flanges for attachment to adjacent parts, and a side panel having a flange on its bottom adapted to seat on the inside of the folded longitudinally-extending strip by virtue of the rear plate being supported at a lower level.

22. In a cab, the combination of a side sill including 7 a longitudinally-extending member of 2 cross section, a forward sill strip supported on the top of the Z member at substantially the level thereof, a rear sill plate supported by the top of the Z member with the body of the plate at a substantially lower level, and a side panel having a flange on the inside at the bottom which can drop in on the inside of the '2 member by virtue of the lower level of the rear sill plate and which has the. main' body of'the panel resting on the top of the 2 member to which it is secured. V

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures JOSEPH 'O. RICHARD. AUGUSTUS W. DICKERSON. 

